Fate of Spilled Oil in the Gulf of Mexico and the Canadian Arctic
Understanding how spilled oil biodegrades and weathers is important for oil spill remediation. The conditions of the environment in which the spilled oil was deposited is one of the most important controls of the remediation processes of oil. In this study two different oil contaminated environments...
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ftunivcalgary:oai:prism.ucalgary.ca:1880/112551 2023-08-27T04:06:32+02:00 Fate of Spilled Oil in the Gulf of Mexico and the Canadian Arctic Weleschuk, Damien Oldenburg, Thomas B. P. Larter, Stephen R. Snowdon, L. R. Ventura, Gregory Todd 2020-09-17 application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/1880/112551 https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38216 eng eng Science University of Calgary Weleschuk, D. (2020). Fate of Spilled Oil in the Gulf of Mexico and the Canadian Arctic (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38216 http://hdl.handle.net/1880/112551 University of Calgary graduate students retain copyright ownership and moral rights for their thesis. You may use this material in any way that is permitted by the Copyright Act or through licensing that has been assigned to the document. For uses that are not allowable under copyright legislation or licensing, you are required to seek permission. biodegradation Arctic Gulf of Mexico Deepwater Horizion Baffin Island Oil Spill (BIOS) Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry Fourier-transform ion cyclotron resonance oil spill Geochemistry Geology master thesis 2020 ftunivcalgary https://doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38216 2023-08-06T06:27:20Z Understanding how spilled oil biodegrades and weathers is important for oil spill remediation. The conditions of the environment in which the spilled oil was deposited is one of the most important controls of the remediation processes of oil. In this study two different oil contaminated environments were investigated. First, 112 seafloor samples were examined from northern Gulf of Mexico to evaluate deposition of oil contaminants and thus, long-term effects following the Deepwater Horizon spill. The second study included beach sediments from the Baffin Island Oil Spill (1980; Canadian Arctic). Apart from the extreme environmental differences, the residence time of the deposited oil is also different, with the GoM sediments being collected up to 4 years after the spill, whereas the Arctic site was sampled 39 years after being contaminated. Despite the shorter remediation time the GoM oil is more altered than the oil from the intertidal zone of the Arctic. Master Thesis Arctic Arctic Baffin Island Baffin PRISM - University of Calgary Digital Repository Arctic Baffin Island |
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Understanding how spilled oil biodegrades and weathers is important for oil spill remediation. The conditions of the environment in which the spilled oil was deposited is one of the most important controls of the remediation processes of oil. In this study two different oil contaminated environments were investigated. First, 112 seafloor samples were examined from northern Gulf of Mexico to evaluate deposition of oil contaminants and thus, long-term effects following the Deepwater Horizon spill. The second study included beach sediments from the Baffin Island Oil Spill (1980; Canadian Arctic). Apart from the extreme environmental differences, the residence time of the deposited oil is also different, with the GoM sediments being collected up to 4 years after the spill, whereas the Arctic site was sampled 39 years after being contaminated. Despite the shorter remediation time the GoM oil is more altered than the oil from the intertidal zone of the Arctic. |
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Fate of Spilled Oil in the Gulf of Mexico and the Canadian Arctic |
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Fate of Spilled Oil in the Gulf of Mexico and the Canadian Arctic |
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Fate of Spilled Oil in the Gulf of Mexico and the Canadian Arctic |
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Weleschuk, D. (2020). Fate of Spilled Oil in the Gulf of Mexico and the Canadian Arctic (Unpublished master's thesis). University of Calgary, Calgary, AB. http://dx.doi.org/10.11575/PRISM/38216 http://hdl.handle.net/1880/112551 |
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